Medicine and ethics in Black women's speculative fiction /

Medicine and Ethics in Black Women's Speculative Fiction engages the complex nexus of black women's health, the fraught history of medicine as it relates to black women, and the problems with the inconsistent application of medical ethics that should concern us all through the lens of blac...

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Main Author:	Jones, Esther L., 1976- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Palgrave studies in literature, science, and medicine.
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. Women, Black, in literature. Medicine in literature. Ethics in literature. Futurism (Literary movement) Science fiction, American > History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American. LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy. LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors.

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Summary:	Medicine and Ethics in Black Women's Speculative Fiction engages the complex nexus of black women's health, the fraught history of medicine as it relates to black women, and the problems with the inconsistent application of medical ethics that should concern us all through the lens of black women's literary speculation.
Physical Description:	x, 190 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781137520609 1137520604